After observing secretly for nearly half a month, Li Si finally lost his patience.

Since that day, Xu Ziling has disappeared and hid in Lin Chong's mansion and practiced martial arts all day long, basically never going out. But he still knew that Xu Ziling was a stealer, so he had to turn his

There were no more thefts in many days. The prefect of Kaifeng Shi asked Li Si to temporarily stop pursuing the investigation of this case and start another case.

Before the transfer, Li Si couldn't help but feel suspicious and visited Xu Ziling and asked him: "How did Young Master Xu resist and control his desires?"

Xu Ziling replied with a smile: "Constable Li, this has nothing to do with desire or not. The ridiculous things I have done are naturally hard to describe. But what I can tell you is that I have returned to normal and will not do those things again in the future."

Li Si was skeptical and stared at him for a while, then finally nodded and left.

Shortly after Li Si left, Lin Chong hurried back to the mansion and asked Xu Ziling to talk to the study, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Seeing his anxious look, Xu Ziling stopped practicing swordsmanship and followed him to the study.

As soon as he entered the study, Lin Chong asked straight to the point: "Zi Ling, I once heard Miss Li say that you seem to have many grudges with the bandits in Liangshanbo?"

Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment and said, "I do have an indelible hatred with Liangshan. But my senior brother asked what he did?"

Lin Chong said with a serious expression: "An urgent report came from Yunzhou. The bandits in Liangshan robbed Dulonggang a few days ago, and after collecting a lot of wealth and food, they recruited bandits from all sides. The day before yesterday, they captured Gaotang County and robbed the city in large numbers."

Xu Ziling was quite surprised. What is the power of Liangshan now?

After looking at Xu Ziling, Lin Chong continued, "The official family asked Taiwei Gao to be responsible for this matter. Taiwei Gao recommended Hu Yanzhuo, the commander of Runing County, as the general of the attacking bandits, and ordered him to lead the army to fight against the Liangshan bandits. Now Hu Yanzhuo has already faced the saint. When the troops are ordered, he will set sail to Liangshanpo today."

Xu Ziling said: "I have fought against Liangshan soldiers, and they are all chaotic people. How can I compare with the imperial guards? When Hu Yanzhuo's army arrives, they should be defeated within a few days. However, those thief leaders with high martial arts skills are unlikely to be eliminated."

Lin Chong nodded: "So I'm going to let Ziling go with the army to fight the thieves. You can settle your grudges and take the opportunity to accumulate military merits."

"ah?"

Xu Ziling was unbelievable.

Lin Chong advised: "You also know that Liangshan is just a mob. With your martial arts, as long as you join Hu Yanzhuo's team, your military achievements will be easy. I have won you the position of ten generals for you, so don't waste this opportunity."

Xu Ziling gradually understood what Lin Chong meant, and was a little amused. Lin Chong was kind-hearted, but he didn't want to join the officialdom just now. What's more, before Gongsun Yu let him go that day, he warned him not to leave Bianliang without her permission.

Seeing Xu Ziling smiling bitterly and not speaking, Lin Chong said, "Zi Ling, don't hesitate anymore. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will be hard to meet again if you miss it."

Xu Ziling shook his head: "Senior brother doesn't have to go through so much trouble. I will not join the army in recent years."

Seeing that he refused decisively, Lin Chong sighed, "Oh, with your temperament, I guessed that you didn't want to go. But I still feel that it's a pity."

Xu Ziling asked, "Why don't you go?"

Lin Chong sighed and replied, "No one recommends my coach's identity, but it is not convenient to go."

Xu Ziling was silent immediately. It can be seen how much effort Brother Lin had put in to win the quota of the ten generals, and he was really sorry.

Lin Chong was not angry either. After chatting for a few more words, he left the study and went back to the schoolyard.

Xu Ziling returned to the front yard to continue practicing.

Unless the exercise is special, the true qi will not have color or temperature before the condensation and transformation of the gas. However, in recent days, Xu Ziling can feel the subtle heat in his true qi, which can keep him warm under the cold wind.

He was extremely surprised by the changes in true qi, thinking that the breakthrough was only one step short of breaking through.

After a long time, the sound of the piano suddenly came from the backyard, which was melodious.

Xu Ziling had never heard of anyone playing the piano in the backyard before. Out of curiosity, he walked over and took a look.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw a beautiful woman sitting on the stone bench in the yard, covering her hands on an unknown piano, and her beautiful notes slowly came out between the plucking of her jade fingers and the strings.

Seeing that she played seriously, Xu Ziling didn't want to disturb her, so she sat on the ground at the entrance of the yard and listened to her playing intently.

The sound of the piano was light and melodious, as endless as a thread, as anxious but not chaotic. Xu Ziling couldn't help but close his eyes as he heard it. The sound of the piano entered his ears again, and he suddenly felt that his mind was quiet and free of dust and as leisurely as water.

Music is worthy of one of the most wonderful arts in the world. The sound of the piano can be heard from it.

My heart is as leisurely as quiet water, and I am also in a hurry if I have nothing to do.

This is Xu Ziling’s current feeling.

After the song, the woman stopped playing, saw Xu Ziling sitting at the gate of the yard, and called him softly.

Xu Ziling woke up immediately, got up and walked to the woman, and said with a smile: "Mingxia, your piano is playing so well, too?"

After hearing this, Mingxia ignored his praise, but instead captured the subtle voice of his words and snorted: "Which woman has you heard of playing the piano?"

Xu Ziling found that he had missed his mouth and said with a wry smile: "I accidentally heard a woman playing a song in Jiangning earlier, but Mingxia, don't worry, I have no intersection with her. Moreover, her piano skills are excellent, but they are far less good than Mingxia..."

Mingxia chuckled and interrupted, "Okay, okay, I just ask casually, who cares about those boring things? Leave your flattering words to others."

Xu Ziling finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But Mingxia said softly: "The piano skills and singing skills are all things that Qing Gongzi must learn."

Xu Ziling held her hand and asked with a smile: "Then I want to wrap up your lord, and sing music and playing the piano for me every day. How much does it cost?"

Mingxia gently pulled out her hand, stroked the strings, glanced at him and said, "Your current money is far from enough."

Xu Ziling scratched his head and said seriously: "What do you care about it? You have the final say for how much. If not, I will write you an IOU."

Seeing him saying scoundrels seriously, Ming Xia rolled up her eyes and gave him a blank look.

"Cough, cough!!"

Suddenly a low and serious cough sounded.

Xu Ziling turned around and saw a hunched old man standing at the entrance of the yard with a wooden stick, looking at him and Mingxia.

"Master," Xu Ziling exclaimed, "Why are you here?"

The hunchbacked old man ignored Xu Ziling, walked to Mingxia, turned around her, and exclaimed: "Not bad! Not bad!"

Mingxia couldn't stand the old man's gaze, and immediately blushed and screamed like mosquitoes and flies: "Master...Master."

The old man smiled and said, "The girl is called Li Mingxia, right? She is born well, and her appearance is excellent, so she is considered to be a stubborn man in my family."

Mingxia blushed and didn't dare to speak.

"Master," Xu Ziling pulled the old man aside, "You haven't said why you came to Bianliang yet?"

The old man did not answer, and slapped Xu Ziling's chest with a palm. After a few breaths, the old man frowned and said, "Where are so many insects in your body?"

Xu Ziling knew his master's ability and dared not hide it. He told him in detail about Gongsun Yu.

The old man pinched his beard and said, "The people in the Gongsun family seem to have ancestral teachings engraved in their bones. Since she knew that you were the master of the Chixiao Sword, she would definitely not dare to harm your life. Half of the worms in your body were poisonous worms, and half of them were medicine worms. Have you ever found that you have become much more lucky after being infected with the worm? That is, the worm worm is relaxing your muscles and veins for you."

After hearing what the master said, Xu Ziling remembered that after being hit by the Gu, the speed of the true qi in his body was indeed much faster. At that time, he thought that his body had returned to normal after unlocking the "greed" poison. Now he thought it was Gongsun Yu who was helping him.

"Master, what is the connection between Chixiao Sword and Gongsun Family?" Xu Ziling asked.

When I was old, I looked at Mingxia who was sitting next to me and listening quietly, and said slowly: "The people of the Gongsun family seem to have ancestral teachings engraved in their bones. No one dared to disobey the clan for hundreds of years. The origin of the Chixiao Sword and the Gongsun family was an incident about a hundred years ago. I don't know the specific situation.

However, what many people knew at that time was that the owner of the previous Chixiao Sword had great kindness to save the clan for the Gongsun family. The owner of that Chixiao Sword lost his fertility for some reason, so he made a special agreement with the Gongsun family:

Any eldest daughter of the patriarch of the Gongsun family must guard the next owner of the Chixiao Sword. The agreement can only be concluded by the appointment after the next owner of the Chixiao Sword and the eldest daughter of the Gongsun family have children and the eldest daughter of the Gongsun family, and the name of his surname, the child's father or mother as a special inheritance.

This agreement was signed under the witness of the head of the Gongsun family and all elders, so it was included in the ancestral teachings."

Speaking of this, Xu Ziling and Mingxia were both stunned, but they heard the old man continue to say:

"The sword master's surname is Nangong, which means that if Gongsun Yu gave birth to a child for you, he would be called Nangong Ziling for a man, and Nangong Yu for a woman."

"This, this, this, this," Xu Ziling stammered, "This is OK?"

The old man said coldly: "Don't be too happy too early. The Five Immortals Sect is good at killing people with poison, while the Gongsun family is good at controlling people with poison. It is hard to guarantee that Gongsun Yu doesn't want to control you."

"Master, can you unlock this poison?" Xu Ziling asked hurriedly.

The old man shook his head and said, "The insects are hidden deep in your bloodline. If they are forcibly killed, they will cause great harm to you."

Xu Ziling said helplessly: "What should I do?"

The old man patted his shoulder: "You don't have to worry too much, you might as well be silly with her first. Once you reach the end, any worms will be of no use to you."

After the old man mentioned it, Xu Ziling remembered the martial arts and asked: "Master, what kind of martial arts are you passing it to me? What kind of personality?"

After looking at him, the old man said lightly: "I stolen your martial arts from the Wudang Sect. I don't know what your martial arts are, but they should be Pure Yang martial arts, otherwise the Chixiao Sword would not recognize you as the main one."
Chapter completed!